nded quickly under the new government. There were
187 films produced in 1960 (see table 15). By 1965 there were
approximately 2,000 motion picture houses, roughly 83 percent of which
were in the villages.

_Table 15. Bulgaria, Films Produced and Translated, Selected Years,
1939-71_

-------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------
| 1939 | 1948 | 1960 | 1971
-------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Full length | 3 | ... | 11 | 18
Art | (3) | ... | (10) | (16)
Documentary | ... | ... | (1) | (2)
Television | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19
Short and medium length | ... | 19 | 110 | 252
Documentary | ... | (15) | (36) | (60)
Popular science | ... | (4) | (32) | (61)
Technical education | ... | ... | (16) | (21)
Animated | ... | ... | (8) | (16)
Propaganda | ... | ... | (18) | (94)
Previews | ... | 53 | 66 | 58
| --- | --- | --- | ---
TOTAL | 3 | 72 | 187 | 347
-------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------

In mid-1973 information on the film industry indicated that the
production, distribution, importation, exportation, and exhibition of
films were still controlled by the Bulgarian Cinematography Association.
This agency was subdivided into three sections: the chief studio at the
Bulyana film center where feature films and cartoons were produced; a
second studio that produced documentary shorts and popular science films
for schools; and a third studio that specialized in newsreels.

Relative to other European countries there was little importation or
exportation of films. In mid-1973 data suggested that between 100 and
150 feature films were imported per year. These films generally came
from the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries, although a
few were imported from Italy, France, and Great Britain. The first
Bulgarian film to be exported was _The Chain_, which was shown in
Czechoslovakia in 1964. The same year another Bulgarian film, _The
Intransigents_, was shown in Ireland, and still another, _The Peach
Thief_, was shown in Great Britain. The precise number of Bulgarian
films exported was unknown, althoug